By the post-WorldW arI I era, political scientists
could ill afford the breakaway of the subfield
which still provided their greatest drawing card for
student enrollments and government grants. The
discipline was in the throes of being shaken
conceptually by the "behavioral revolution" that
had occurred in other social sciences. Political
scientists were aware that not only public administrationists
had threatened secession in the past,
but now other subfields, such as international
relations, were restive. And, in terms of science